TVHM sucks at first because the guns, shields, class mod's you thought were badass in the 1st playthru actually in reality suck balls.

Once you get to Santuary you can use the money you saved up from the first playthru and tip the whore until she gives you better versions of her 2 weapons.

then pretty quickly you get better equipment.

which is why i don't understand the Gaming Board's obsession with the Golden Keys. Complete waste on the first play thru and levels 1-40. You will be replacing everything you get in 3 levels and there is likely equal or better equipment to be found outside of Sanctuary....

Ordered Chaos tree is crazy (big surprise) and brings some interesting mechanics to the game. I may quickly grow to hate it since I am constantly reloading every pause in the action just so I've got a fresh clip ready.